March 25, 2012

• Stuff Outside in Salzburg

  Now we get to the point in blogging where I run out of clever ideas and simply can’t remember if something came from the Salzburg Museum, Salzburg Cathedral, or some random location that I forgot we even visited. So, the next two blogs are called “Stuff Outside in Salzburg” and “Stuff Inside in Salzburg.”  How vastly entertaining, right?

  Remember how I told you that we got to Salzburg and said, “Now we feel like we are in Austria?” Well, part of the reason was that while we were in a square looking at this:

  

   

  and this:

  

  We heard a four-man band playing traditional music. It was really neat, and we gave them a Euro.

  

   

  Also in this square, they had a big, outdoor chess set. We watched people playing.

     

  And we also enjoyed some ice cream. It’s sort of a light, yet creamy consistency here. I heard it is made with eggs, so it is richer. 

  

  In case you are wondering what on earth that big, gold ball with a statue of a guy on top is, I am wondering, too. (haha) It’s some sort of modern art thing designed for the square. Notice the Salzburg Fortress in the background. This sculpture was also there, and I thought it was cool. It’s called Coat of Peace.

  

   This magical “statue” of Mozart was outside on the way to Mozart’s house. He got a Euro, too! (Yes, he is floating. Maybe. grin)

  

   

  Libby had fun with a non-living statue, too.

  

   

  James posed with the Mozart statue. 

  

   

  You were not allowed to take pictures inside Mozart’s birth place nor inside the house where he lived when he was older, so I only have pictures of the outside. And surprise! They are yellow! Or should I say “Habsburg Gold”?

    

   

  We went to this square which is outside of Salzburg Cathedral

  

   

  And we had a picnic lunch.

  

  Schnitzel burgers and fries! They are yummy things, but they are pretty dry. The lettuce, tomato, and cucumbers they put on them really help a lot.

  

   

  I noticed a lot of sundials above buildings. And we were able to tell time by them. However, old-time sundial maker didn’t adjust for daylight saving’s time. 

      

   

  I mentioned before that Salzburg was romantic.  This bridge is some small proof.

  

   

  On this bridge, people put padlocks with the name of themselves and their loves. Some are engraved professionally with dates. 

  

   

  Some are simply written with marker. But the whole bridge is sprinkled with these “locks of love.” 

  

   

  A palm tree? Who expects a palm tree in Austria?  What’s next? The Spanish Inquisition?

  

   

  Ummm…. 

  

  It was also just darned pretty, so I took a lot of pictures of the tops of buildings.  I would have done WHOLE buildings, but it was difficult to back up far enough without running into another building. 

   

                         

   

  We confirmed what we already knew–Mike Crouse really did buy James an authentic Austrian hat!

  

   

  The kids wanted to sit by the Salzach River for a while. I was a grumpy pants that day (gotta see CULTURE!), but we did it anyhow. Silly me not to want to sit by a river on a gorgeous day!

  

   

  

   

  We passed on the horse-drawn carriage ride, though.

  

   

  A lot of the stores and restaurants decorated their doorways with flower garlands. They were so pretty. Even the Zipfer Beerhaus where we wound up eating supper the first night we were there (after two other places did not work out) was bedecked.

    

   

  I liked this statue which was in front of something somewhere in Salzburg. It was a man made of letters. Sometimes, that is how I feel I am or we appear to each other–just a bunch of words on a screen. There is nothing inside, nothing deeper than the shiny outside we make of letters. 

  

   

  HOORAY FOR AUSTRIA!!

  

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